M | O | C | H | A | S | D | O | F | F | T | A | B | A | S | C | O | ||||
O | N | R | U | S | H | F | O | R | U | M | A | M | A | T | E | U | R | |||
M | E | A | L | S | O | N | W | H | E | E | L | S | R | O | S | T | E | R | S | |
M | A | N | A | T | E | E | E | L | B | O | W | G | R | E | A | S | E | |||
I | C | E | S | G | O | M | A | D | T | W | E | E | T | A | N | |||||
E | T | D | C | A | P | E | R | W | A | S | I | T | W | O | L | F | ||||
S | U | Z | E | O | R | M | A | N | T | H | R | I | L | L | ||||||
G | E | T | B | E | T | W | E | E | N | T | H | E | S | H | E | E | T | S | ||
J | U | D | E | A | S | A | D | B | R | I | E | F | S | |||||||
A | L | U | M | N | I | R | I | B | B | O | N | C | U | T | T | I | N | G | ||
B | C | C | N | I | B | C | O | O | O | K | S | N | Y | U | ||||||
S | H | E | L | L | S | T | A | T | I | O | N | S | A | L | I | S | T | S | ||
O | U | T | L | A | W | M | A | E | O | N | P | O | T | |||||||
S | P | I | R | A | L | S | O | U | T | O | F | C | O | N | T | R | O | L | ||
B | O | I | N | K | S | H | O | T | E | L | R | A | T | E | ||||||
M | U | G | S | C | A | C | H | E | S | A | B | R | A | G | A | H | ||||
I | P | O | S | A | R | A | A | T | T | I | C | L | O | C | I | |||||
B | U | T | T | E | R | F | L | I | E | S | T | O | T | E | B | A | G | |||
H | O | T | Y | O | G | A | I | N | Y | O | U | R | S | T | O | M | A | C | H | |
I | N | O | R | O | U | T | G | E | N | R | E | I | R | O | N | I | C | |||
D | E | N | O | T | E | S | S | E | L | F | C | O | N | G | A | S |
This puzzle is inspired in part by the many pastas my mom has made over the years because I was too picky to eat other food, in particular the late summer pesto pasta we usually make to use up all of the fresh basil in the backyard before the weather starts to get too cold. Hope the timing is appropriate to inspire others to do the same!
Very grateful to be a part of the Diverse Crossword Constructor Fellowship this year; a huge thank you to the editors and the rest of the group, especially my mentor Sam Ezersky, whose encouragement and guidance made this puzzle possible. :)